Milk-agitator.



W. P. TINSLBY.

MILK AGITATOR.

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MILK AGITATOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1912.

Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application led August 21, 1912. Serial No. 716,303.

Io all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. TrNsLnY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Beecher City, in the county of Effingham and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Milk-.Agttators, of which the following is a specifica tion.

My invention relates to an agitator for fluid, and is particularlydesigned for the purpose of insuring at all times a thorough mixing ofmilk and cream.

In restaurants and similar places where milk is served it is quitecommon to keep the same in a can or similar vessel provided with afaucet at its bottom. It follows a short time subsequent to the pouringin of the milk into the can that the cream will naturally rise to thetop of the vessel, so that the customers who first order milk, as amatter of fact, secure lmilk only, while those who desire the same foodare furl nished with pure cream. This is obviously due to the fact thatthe cream rises to the top of the can and leaves the milk to be drawn bymeans of the faucet at the bottom thereof first, and the cream last. Itis alsothe custom in a great many restaurants to keep the milk inbottles, five gallon cans, and similar receptacles, thus compellingthewaiters to resort to a manual shaking or stirring of the milk before itlis served to the customers. y

The object of my invention is to overcome the foregoing inherentdisadvantages by providing a mechanical device which will automaticallyand periodically agitate the milk.

To the accomplishmentof the recited object and others subordinatetherewith, the preferred embodiment of my invention resides in thatconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, illustratedin the accompanying drawings, and embraced within the scope of theappended claim.

In said drawings z-Figure 1 is a side elevation of the mechanical deviceused for agitating the milk, a portion thereof being broken away for thepurpose of more clearly illustrating the component parts, and Fig. 2 isa top plan View thereof. Fig. 3 is a s ide elevation showing thelapplication of the device to a churn, the latter being partially brokenaway. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the support for thechurnshaft, and Fig. 5 dasher.

Referring more particularly 'to the draw-r ings for a detail descriptionof my invention, the numeral 1 designates a platform or is a similarView of the to-p which is adapted to serve as a cover for the receptacleupon which the agitating device is to be used. Superposed with respectto the platform 1, and arranged preferably at the center thereof is ablock 2, which Logether with the platform is vertically bored toaccommodate the dasher-shaft 3, the latter extending upwardly beyond thetop of said block and being journaled at its terminal in the horizontalarm 4 of the bracket 5. At a point intermediate the top of the block andthe arm 4 of the bracket the shaft 3 has mounted thereon a pinion 6,which meshes with the worm 7 disposed in a plane at right angles theretoand formed as an integral port-ion of the shaft 8 which is suitablysustained by the bracket 9, also mounted upon the block 2, the outer endof the shaft 8 carrying a large pinion 10 adapted for engagement withthe smaller pinion 1l of an electric motor 12.

To the right of the vertical shaft 3 is located a suitable clock-trainand preferably inclosed in a casing, as 13. This mechanism involvesessentially an hour pinion 14 and a smaller pinion 15 meshing therewithand provided with a radially extending arm 16 which is adaptedtoperiodically engage the depending spring arm' 17 having its upperextremity secured by screws 18 to the frame 19 of the clock mechanism.

The motor 12 has one of its terminals 20 connected to the wire 21 andit's other terminal 22 connected to the wire\23, the wire 21 beingsuitably secured to the binding-post 24 of the clock-train, while thewire 23 is connected to dry batteries or any other desired source ofcurrent 25, and the opposite end to the binding-post 26 of theclock-train.

In operation, the platform or top 1 is placed upon the top of the milkcan or receptacle, whereupon the clock mechanism is wound. -The hourpinion, as ythe name implies, will rotate once every hour, and thesmaller pinion 15 in mesh therewith is arranged to revolve four times asfast. Accordingly. as the hour pinion 14 rotates the smaller pinion 15will be caused to revolve and the arm 16 carried thereby will engage thedepending spring arm 17 four times as vformation of small particles ofbutter. :If

vinclose the :hereinbefore `describe the said hour pinion revolves once.to the resiliency of the spring arm and its disposition relatively tothergidzarm v16,

the two arms will engage each other for about a minute or so everyfifteen minutes. This closes the circuit and the motor 12, is energizedto rotate the dasher 27 vthrough the medium of the gears hereinbeforeexplained. The idea is that whenever-the'arms' 17 and lengage, the milkis agitated for a short time andnot suiiieiently long to cause 'thedesireda cover, as 28,;may be employed-'to vrmechanism. y s ItI willthus be seen that I-'have devised tainl the milk and cream thoroughl.and continually mixed, thus insuring eac .cus-

1 tomer who orders milk his share of cream.

Obviously, my invention lmay beused to agitate liquids"y other lthan fmilk; which have a tendency to become separated.

I desire it understood that my invention is notlimitedinitsapp'lic'ation to the agita- -tionofmilk but may be used for insuringmixtures of any analogous liquids.

What is claimed, is I Ina dispensing apparatus, thecomblnation'oladispensing receptacle, a vertically 'disposed rotary shaft mountedtherein, an ragita/ting paddle iXedfto thesaid-shaft, and lautomaticmeans forlintermittenfly rotating Vthe shaft at regular intervals and ata uniform-speed. y

In :testimony whereofY I hereunto affix my `signature 'in presence oftwo witnesses. mechanism which w1ll automatically maln- WILLIAM' HEROE fTINSLEY.

f Witnesses:

J; CAMPBELL,

'.P. R. Pmnnrrs.

